loop of Henle ascending limb thin segment
A sub-portion of the loop of Henle in the nephron of the kidney that is permeable to ions but not to water. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_ascending_limb_of_loop_of_Henle http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072021 ]
Synonyms: pars ascendens (tubulus attenuatus), thin ascending limb of loop of Henle, ascending thin limb, thin ascending limb, ascending limb thin segment of loop of Henle
Term info
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
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check relationship to distal tubule
uberon
UBERON:0004193
Ascending thin limb
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606